One of the Internet’s recent misfortunes is the explosion of overheated liberal takes about the resemblance of modern American culture to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the series on Hulu about a Christian theocratic takeover of the country in which women are enslaved by the patriarchy. Behold the state of the looming theocracy, via Gallup:

Of the 19 issues tested, not a single one has moved towards the traditional social conservative position since Gallup first began asking about them in 2001. Thirteen of the 19 have seen opinions grow more liberal/libertarian over time — among them biggies like premarital sex, single moms having kids, doctor-assisted suicide, and gay and lesbian relations — and six have seen no significant change. For some reason they haven’t yet added legalizing marijuana to their list of cultural hot buttons. If you want to toss that one in there, it’s another win for the liberal-tarian position. And there’s every reason to believe that some numbers will continue to shift. With pornography and social isolation ubiquitous in the Internet age and younger Americans who oppose the death penalty and medical testing on animals replacing older adults who are more supportive of those practices, it can’t be very long until porn passes capital punishment and animal testing in acceptability. Within 15 years, the only sex/marriage issues that may lack majority moral approval are adultery and polygamy.

The silver lining for social cons is abortion, which has barely budged since Gallup first began testing it 16 years ago. It stood at 42 percent acceptable back then and stands at 43 percent acceptable today. A life-and-death issue this politically supercharged may simply be not all that susceptible to movement over time. Pro-lifers should take heart that, unlike with so many other issues, the needle isn’t moving left on this as senior citizens die and millennials take their place in the adult population. The kids are alright on life — so far.

This why it’s going to be harder and harder for Republicans to win the presidency. Social issues play a huge part in how most people vote. We are a left of center nation now due to liberals controlling academia, the media and pop culture,

Lets face it, Trump got in by the skin of his ass and only because Hillary was so corrupt and unlikable. 2020 is going to be an uphill battle, especially considering millions of those 14 to 17 in the last election will be voting in 2020.

This why it’s going to be harder and harder for Republicans to win the presidency. Social issues play a huge part in how most people vote. We are a left of center nation now due to liberals controlling academia, the media and pop culture,

Lets face it, Trump got in by the skin of his ass and only because Hillary was so corrupt and unlikable. 2020 is going to be an uphill battle, especially considering millions of those 14 to 17 in the last election will be voting in 2020.

Maybe so. But it is shocking how much alternative lifestyles have become acceptable, even among self-styled Christians. It is far more than just “tolerance”, but rather full-blown acceptance, celebration etc. Our pulpits are mostly silent on these issues - another problem. And again, the government school system actively promotes this trash. We could turn this around within a generation if Christians would be willing to leave the government school system and either home school or private school.

This is a result of having a liberal, God-hating bastard in the White House for 8 years. Presidents influence a nation’s views on issues - for better or for worse. That’s why President Trump will very likely have a much more positive influence on the US.

It is NECESSARY to take back the “education” of our OWN children. The takeover of all media, news, and schools and churches by the sodomite Marxists in the 30s are destroying the minds of the children-—so they grow up and have no virtue.

Without virtue, civil society will collapse-—it is a matter of time. Wisdom is discerning Good and Evil. This poll proves how ignorant and misinformed people are....where they can’t think in high abstract ways. They are just like the serfs of old or the pagans during the Roman times where ‘anything goes”.

Virtue is essential to the flourishing of any culture and VIRTUE is embedded in children only by a moral culture and a loving mother and father. The Natural family was deliberately destroyed so that strangers could warp and destroy virtue formation in our little children -—with the help of the “TV” which destroys intellectual development and normalizes vice, and the creation of mandatory “education” which was nothing but an ‘indoctrination into satanism’ system—to create ignorant morons who “feel” everything—do it if it “feels” good and are embedded with a socialist (slave) worldview.

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posted on 05/11/2017 10:12:13 PM PDT
by savagesusie
(When Law ceases to be Just, it ceases to be Law. (Thomas A./Founders/John Marshall)/Nuremberg)

The reaction to Target and it’s bathroom shenanigans, and the Chick-Fil-A reaction points fair solid to the degenerates that are assumed to be growing into a majority are, in reality, a very vocal very small minority.

The rest of those that seem to be dropping down the moral slide are mostly just trying to go along to get along and not doing any real thinking on the issues at all.

Once it stops being trendy, and that’s not far off as the rage keeps building to an eventual full scale eruption, the problem will self correct with a quickness.

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posted on 05/11/2017 10:18:15 PM PDT
by Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)

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